Muckle Green Holm Triangulation station
United Kingdom /
Scotland /
Kirkwall /
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/ United Kingdom
/ Scotland
/ Kirkwall
World / United Kingdom / Scotland
A trigonometrical station / point, triangulation pillar, trig beacon or trig point is a fixed surveying station for the geodetic surveying and other surveying projects on nearby areas. They are generally known as Trigonometrical stations in North America, trig points in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia and trig beacons in South Africa; triangulation pillar is the more formal term for the concrete columns found in the UK.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trig_point
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°7'47"N 2°49'45"W
- Green Farm 4.6 km
- Woodwick House 14 km
- Birsay 28 km
- Churchill Barrier 3 29 km
- Raingoose Cottage 29 km
- Grim Ness 34 km
- Brindister Quarry 143 km
- Bressay Ferry Terminal 149 km
- Heogan 150 km
- Gardie House 150 km
- Eday Island 7.7 km
- Shapinsay 8.9 km
- Rousay 12 km
- Orkney Islands (Mainland) 17 km
- Westray 20 km
- Scapa Flow 29 km
- Burray 31 km
- Gutter Sound 32 km
- South Ronaldsay 39 km
- Hoy 40 km